Question

I am trying to make a program that grabs 5 integers from the user, and then finds the average of them. I have it set up to take in the 5 numbers, but how do I return them all as separate variables so I can use them later on? Thanks!

def main():
    x = 0
    testScoreNumber = 1
    while x < 5:
        getNumber_0_100(testScoreNumber)
        x += 1
        testScoreNumber += 1

    calcAverage(score1, score2, score3, score4, score5)

    print(calculatedAverage)

def getNumber_0_100(testnumber):
    test = int(input("Enter test score " + str(testnumber) + ":"))
    testcount = 0
    while testcount < 1:
        test = int(input("Enter test score " + str(testnumber) + ":"))

        if test > 0 or test < 100:
            testcount += 1

    return test

^Here is the problem, the everytime this function runs, I want it to return a different value to a different variable. Ex. test1, test2, test3.

def calcAverage(_score1,_score2,_score3,_score4,_score5):
    total = _score1 + _score2 + _score3 + _score4 + _score5
    calculatedAverage = total/5

    return calculatedAverage

Answer 1

You need to store the result somewhere. It is usually (always?) a bad idea to dynamically create variable names (although it is possible using globals). The typical place to store the results is in a list or a dictionary — in this case, I’d use a list.

change this portion of the code:

x = 0
testScoreNumber = 1
while x < 5:
    getNumber_0_100(testScoreNumber)
    x += 1
    testScoreNumber += 1

to:

results = []
for x in range(5):
    results.append( getNumber_0_100(x+1) )

which can be condensed even further:

results = [ getNumber_0_100(x+1) for x in range(5) ]

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You can then pass that results list to your next function:

avg = get_ave(results[0],results[1],...)
print(avg)

Or, you can use the unpacking operator for shorthand:

avg = get_ave(*results)
print(avg)